Its Ascension Day today – one of those festivals which is pure joy. We’ll be keeping it with a said Eucharist at 11 am today and also with a Choral Mass tonight. We are having Haydn’s Little Organ Mass complete with the young trebles and full adult choir. For the anthem, we’ll be getting God is gone up by Finzi which is staple fare on Ascension Day in these parts.

Kickoff tonight is 7.30 pm and as usual, all are welcome in this place.

Last night’s service was all that it should have been. Happy, good humoured and dusted with gold. The little organ mass was a delight. God did indeed go up with a great shout.

Congregation double what it was last year.

Alleluia.

Tomorrow is a glorious feast – it is Ascension Day. It is one of my favourites and celebrates one of those stories from the Bible (like the talking snake with legs in Genesis) that you instinctively know is true.

Services at 11 am, 1.05 pm (in Glasgow University Chapel) and 7.30 pm. The evening one is very special, the whole choir (ie adults and trebles) are singing their first choral mass all together. We are being treated to Haydn’s Little Organ Mass which is always lovely. Ken Shaw is preaching, and a good time is going to be had by all.

PS – note to those who have joined us who don’t come from an Anglican/Episcopal background – going to church on Ascension Day is a must. It is a real treat that you miss out on if you don’t go.

PPS – Quick Quiz Question – Ascension Day is always a Thursday. Why?